The card promised a scintillating pitching matchup between two of the premier, young power arms in the American League. But only one side lived up to the lofty expectations as the Royals’ Yordano Ventura outclassed the Indians’ Trevor Bauer in Kansas City’s 4-1 win on Wednesday. The Royals rode Ventura’s pitching — seven innings of […]
Cueto Leads Reds Over Dodgers 5-0
June 12, 2014 by
A commanding Johnny Cueto performance, plus an early lead, were ingredients to a recipe the Reds often crave but haven’t gotten enough of this season. But this was a night where starting pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense worked in synergy. Cueto tied a career high with 12 strikeouts over six scoreless innings as the Reds […]
Clippers Rout Knights 14-2 to Win Series
June 11, 2014 by
The Columbus Clippers (32-33) won the series and season finale at the Charlotte Knights (23-43) 14-2 Tuesday afternoon. The Clippers scored a run in each of the first four innings and scored four more in the seventh and one in the ninth. The win made it a winning road trip as Columbus went 6-4 in […]
Royals Down Indians 9-5
June 11, 2014 by
Corey Kluber approached the mound in the third inning looking poised and confident. There was reason to be — he had just disposed of the Royals in the first two innings using just 17 pitches, and the Indians ace dealing did not bode well for Kansas City and its hapless offense. But after a few […]
Dodgers Beat Reds 6-1
June 11, 2014 by
Tuesday was the second of a 20-game stretch where the Reds play teams with above-.500 records 14 times. It also marked the return of Joey Votto from the disabled list and the first time the offense has been theoretically at full strength all season. This would be as good a time as any for the […]
Knights Down Clippers 4-2
June 10, 2014 by
The Columbus Clippers (31-33) lost to the Charlotte Knights (22-43) 4-2 Monday night. The Clippers had only three hits and struck out 13 times in the loss. Deunte Heath (2-1, 2.75 ERA) dominated the Clippers early not allowing a hit through the first four innings. He finished after five innings allowing only one run and […]
Indians Rout Rangers 17-7
June 10, 2014 by
Scan the players listed on this summer’s American League All-Star ballot and Lonnie Chisenhall’s name is nowhere to be found. During Spring Training, when teams turn in names for the annual vote, there were no guarantees that Chisenhall would be on the Opening Day roster. Now, with roughly one month remaining until the Midsummer Classic, […]
Dodgers Beat Reds 6-2
June 10, 2014 by
Reds starting pitcher Tony Cingrani certainly doesn’t want to come out of the rotation when Mat Latos comes off the disabled list, likely this weekend. But Cingrani has done little of late to position himself away from being the odd man out. Cingrani gave up a career-high six runs in only 4 2/3 innings as […]
Crew Plays United to Draw
June 9, 2014 by
About four hours after Cesc Fabregas missed an early penalty kick in Spain’s 2-0 win over El Salvador, Fabian Espindola flubbed an injury-time PK that allowed the Columbus Crew to escape FedExField with a 0-0 draw on Saturday night in the nightcap of a Road to Brazil doubleheader. The evening’s MLS match proved a bit […]
U.S. Men Beat Nigeria 2-1 in Final Warm Up to World Cup
June 9, 2014 by
Forward Jozy Altidore scored his first two goals of 2014 as the U.S. Men’s National Team defeated Nigeria 2-1 in front of a Florida-record crowd of 52,033 at EverBank Field. With the start, goalkeeper Tim Howard became the 15th U.S. MNT player to reach 100 caps while also picking up the victory to break Kasey […]
